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• ASX up, mining and tech stocks boost the market

  07-10-2021 22:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market closes the trading week higher with mining and tech stocks fuelling the gains on the back of strong commodity prices.
  
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• ASX up, after Wall Street climbs on US senators reaching debt ceiling deal

  07-10-2021 22:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is poised to open higher after gains on Thursday. It follows gains on Wall Street after the US senators reached an agreement to avoid defaulting on debts.
  
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• ASX set to rise after Wall Street climbs on US senators reaching debt ceiling deal

  07-10-2021 22:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is poised to open higher after gains on Thursday. It follows gains on Wall Street after the US senators reached an agreement to avoid defaulting on debts.
  
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• Microplastics found in backyard soil samples, but possible health impacts remain unknown

  07-10-2021 21:11 via abc.net.au
  
  We're being urged to be cautious about the use of plastic items like bubble wrap in backyard gardening because of the potential for microplastic contamination.
  
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• Tourism businesses fear closure in the next three months, as sector prepares for slow recovery

  07-10-2021 20:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's tourism industry say it needs more support from governments, even as the nation prepares to reopen.
   
  
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• Battery plant hopes for Kwinana

  07-10-2021 10:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  AMTE Power and InfraNomics are planning a 200,000 micro cell battery production line in Kwinana.
  
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• Home quarantine is set to be part of the solution when Australia's borders reopen, but not everyone is convinced

  07-10-2021 10:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government is moving to let vaccinated travellers quarantine at home once international borders reopen, but critics say Australia is lagging behind with its approach.
  
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• Critics say home quarantine still too restrictive as Australia prepares to reopen international borders

  07-10-2021 10:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government is moving to let vaccinated travellers quarantine at home once international borders reopen, but critics say Australia is lagging behind with its approach.
  
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• ASX poised to snap weeks of losses

  07-10-2021 10:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Investors are poised to stop a four week losing run on the Australian share market as they return to buying bank stocks.
  
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• Clough, Lycopodium win plant contracts

  07-10-2021 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Listed contractor Lycopodium has secured work on Talison Lithium’s Greenbushes project in WA, while Clough has been appointed to TNG’s Mount Peake project in the Northern Territory.
  
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• At Close of Business: Mark Beyer on RAC

  07-10-2021 09:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer runs through some of the highlights of his recent conversation with RAC chief executive Rob Slocombe.
  
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• Canning Basin project gets export waiver

  07-10-2021 09:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government is still working to clarify criteria for onshore gas projects to export, after it was revealed a Kimberley fracking proposal had been given the tick.
  
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• Solar farm commissioned at Carosue Dam

  07-10-2021 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  West Perth-based Nomadic Energy has commissioned a 3.3-megawatt of solar farm at Northern Star Resources’ Carosue Dam mine in the Goldfields.
  
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• Construction begins on Bullsbrook quarantine hub

  07-10-2021 09:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The construction of Bullsbrook's 1,000-bed quarantine facility has officially begun today, just one month after the federal government abandoned plans to build it at Jandakot.
  
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• Wages, benefits need to be addressed: Weatherill

  07-10-2021 09:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jay Weatherill has backed higher wages and improved benefits for childcare workers as Australia's early education sector grapples with a tightening labour market.
  
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• South Flank officially opened

  07-10-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia’s largest new iron ore mine in over 50 years and has been officially opened after BHP completed its South Flank project on time and on budget.
  
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• Kin rejects St Barbara bid, seeks $13m

  07-10-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Osborne Park-based Kin Mining has rejected a takeover offer from goldminer and major shareholder, St Barbara, while announcing a $13 million capital raising.
  
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• Legal stoush over $1.3m oil spill clean-up bill

  07-10-2021 08:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Welshpool-based towing company is suing fuel supplier Maisey Fuels for allegedly failing to pay a $1.3 million bill as part of a diesel spill clean-up expected to cost $15 million.
  
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• Qube buys $12m industrial asset

  07-10-2021 08:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Qube Property Group has bought a Canning Vale industrial area for an estimated $12 million, as the group aims to expand its industrial offering.
  
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• Data points to hefty employment fall

  07-10-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Payroll jobs dropped further by mid-September as coronavirus lockdowns continued to bite, and now stand below their pre-pandemic level.
  
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• Dallas Dempster’s Burswood vision pays off

  07-10-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Unlike some of his peers, the 1980s entrepreneur had some notable positive achievements.
  
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• SCEE wins $30m in contracts

  07-10-2021 06:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth business Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has won a suite of new contracts, including with ADCO Constructions and CIMIC.
  
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• $95m in school contracts

  07-10-2021 06:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Architects and builders have been awarded contracts for projects totalling close to $95 million across eight WA schools.
  
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• Fortescue buys into Dutch energy tech business

  07-10-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fortescue’s green hydrogen arm has bought a 60 per cent stake in Netherlands-based High yield Energy Technologies Group (HyET).
  
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• Tasmanian minister retracts mining lease after admitting it was incorrectly approved

  07-10-2021 05:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Resources Minister Guy Barnett says a "lodging error" found in a newly granted mining lease on a road on Tasmania's west coast means it is not valid, as environmentalists claim the lease is aimed at stopping them from reaching a protest site.
  
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• Regional SA city hopes 'devastating' restrictions will be lifted

  07-10-2021 05:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Mount Gambier businesses hope restrictions imposed on the community may be eased after no new COVID-19 positive cases were recorded in the region.
  
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• Pilbara Minerals commissions new plant

  07-10-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Lithium miner Pilbara Minerals has started commissioning its Ngungaju plant which it acquired from Altura Mining earlier this year.
  
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• Union threatens national transport strike over 'life or death' issue

  07-10-2021 04:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Thousands of workers from StarTrack, FedEx, Toll, Linfox and BevChain plan to go on a simultaneous strike nationwide, if those companies fail to agree to secure work arrangements in the coming week.
  
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• Transport union threatens national delivery strike as Christmas approaches

  07-10-2021 04:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Thousands of workers from StarTrack, FedEx, Toll, Linfox and BevChain plan to go on a simultaneous strike nationwide, if those companies fail to agree to secure work arrangements in the coming week.
  
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• Mining giant BHP mandates COVID-19 vaccinations for workers nationwide

  07-10-2021 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Workers at BHP coal mines across Australia have been told they'll need to be vaccinated soon, if they want to continue working for the company.
  
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• RAC aims to grow, diversify

  07-10-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  RAC expects to start investing in other states as it looks to add more businesses to its already diverse portfolio.
  
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• BHP mandates COVID vaccination

  07-10-2021 03:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BHP has become the latest big employer to make COVID vaccinations a condition of entry at all of its Australian workplaces, joining fellow mining giant Rio Tinto.
  
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• Willing Property appoints Kastle to build Mt Lawley apartments

  07-10-2021 03:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Willing Property has appointed Leederville-based Kastle to build its $40.5 million luxury Mount Lawley apartments.
  
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• Fears for 'chaos and confusion' as roadmap milestone draws near

  07-10-2021 03:17 via abc.net.au
  
  With tens of thousands of people still not fully vaccinated on the north coast, politicians want a dedicated roadmap that better suits the region's needs.
  
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• Kimberley fracking project given rare exemption to WA's gas export ban

  07-10-2021 03:03 via abc.net.au
  
  A fracking project near Fitzroy Crossing is given only the second exemption to WA's gas export ban, angering the Conservation Council amid fears over large-scale developments.
  
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• Exemption for Kimberley fracking project sparks growing environmental concern

  07-10-2021 03:03 via abc.net.au
  
  A fracking project in WA's Kimberley is given only the second exemption to the state's gas export ban, angering the WA Conservation Council amid fears over large-scale developments.
  
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• Wesfarmers strengthens hold on Priceline owner

  07-10-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wesfarmers has bolstered its chances of taking over Australian Pharmaceutical Industries after buying a 19.3 per cent stake.
  
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• Kangaroo Island bushfire timber to be shipped

  07-10-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Bushfire-affected timber to be used in Australia's booming construction industry is set to start moving off Kangaroo Island.
  
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• Union says Coles's 'really, really strange decision' to dump butchers will devastate families

  07-10-2021 01:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The axing of Coles in-store butchers could see supermarket meat prices drop in the coming months, while independent butchers may also benefit, a retail expert says.
  
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• Meatworkers union 'flabbergasted' at Coles decision to end in-store butchery

  07-10-2021 01:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The axing of Coles in-store butchers could see supermarket meat prices drop in the coming months, while independent butchers may also benefit, a retail expert says.
  
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